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For 8 yrs my heater has been on the same temp (aprox 77). Just two days ago I upped it to 80 due to Oscar having hith (I did the salt temp up thingy). I had a vicious case of body fungus (not me of course...icky!) and had to treat the tank, this left one O w/hith....so I'm now treating for that, after the water change to remove the rest of meds from body fungus time. Geez...things go well for years then all of a sudden......
Anyway my question is this: how long do heaters last? The temp in my tank seems to be unsteady going from 75ish to 78ish. It never ever fluctuated before I changed the temp, I'm not sure if it's coisidence that it's happening now and the heater is acually going or something else. Anyone have a clue? Oh heater was bought new 8yrs ago.

Oh heater was bought new 8yrs ago.

I'd buy a new one just to play it safe if your haveing doubts about an 8hr old heater,sounds like you got your money's worth out of the current one anyways.It'd be a real bummer to lose an oscar to a bad heater after you clear up everything else.


Moved to equipment,you'll probaly get more replies on heaters there

Thanks, I guess you're right...better to be safe than sorry. I wasn't sure how long heaters were suppose to last. I'm guessing from your statement I did pretty well to get 8 years out of it. I'll head to pet store tomorrow and get a new one.